HOLY s**t ON AN ALTAIR... I did not expect so much response on this so quickly!
Awesome guys, awesome.
I will answer all of your questions now.
Each one of you has been recruited into Task Force: Valkyrie from a government agency of the Executive Branch (Police, FBI, CIA, military, NSA, SWAT, or DEA) after a brush with the supernatural nearly killed you. I'll leave you to work out the details of exactly what happened.
As for experience, you will each give your character start-off level stats, with a few exceptions:
-Your FIRST dot in the following is free:
1) Guns
2) Brawl
3) Conspiracy (TASK FORCE VALKYRIE ONLY)
4) Contacts (Your related organization)
HOUSE RULES (Here's where I tend to lose video-gamer types):
1) I take a dump on your rulebook. It is there as a tool for me to use to tell a good story, not as something to bind me. I will bend, break, and completely go against NWoD rules on occasion simply because it is good for story. In any decision between plot and strict rule-following, I WILL choose plot.
2) That said, I have a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for rulemongering. if you honestly have an issue with something I've done, send me a polite PM and I'll do my best to fix it, or at least explain to you why I did it. I WILL NOT tolerate flaming in any of the game threads, and in the end, I AM RIGHT. Got a problem? Go find another game.This isn't D&D.
3) Don't get me wrong, I love anime. But it has absolutely no place in my campaign. If I so much as SMELL an anime style character, I'm going to tell you to start over. If you want a set of guidelines I'll be using, here it is:
3a) Your character WILL NOT use a sword. Do you honestly know anyone who can ACTUALLY use a sword? No.
3b) Your Character IS NOT a Ninja
3c) Your Character DOES NOT have connections in the Yakuza.
3d) Your hair and eyes are NATURAL COLORS. Government agencies like the ones you're from don't allow crazy colors.
3e) Your character does not know how to Drift Race.
3f) Realism, Goddammit. Know what it is, and stick to it.
4) I want characters who are well thought-out beyond "The gun guy" or "The crazy PTSD guy". Flesh out your character's background, their traits, their personality quirks, character flaws, ambitions, and attitudes. Now this is where I'm really going to lose a few of you: I want a 3-Paragraph description of your character to go along with your stats sheet, MINIMUM. I've put a LOT of effort into writing this campaign (I'll explain in a bit) and I expect you to put in at least half of my effort.
Okay, so that's it for the house rules.
This story is already written, start to finish. Why? Because I am working with a 12-man team to make a 3-D First-Person Gothick RPG-Shooter (Think Mass Effect or Fallout, but Gothick) Currently codenamed "LA Gothik" You people are my STORY Beta-test group. This game has an actual due-date, so you'll see it on Steam about a year from now, if everything goes smoothly. If I like your characters, We might just talk about keeping your character in the final project. (If you are still reading all of this, and have read everything thus far, include the word "Glock" in your reply, Do not include what I'm going to say at the bottom.) Basically I've been designing the type of game/campaign that will give the characters a claustrophobic effect, and be very immersive and creepy, where combat is rarely you best choice of options. Rather, it's your brain that will keep you alive, not your Glock loaded with .40 caliber anti-ethereal rounds (You lucky dog, you).
That all said, This game is, unfortunately, limited entry. The first SIX people to email me a copy of their character sheet and bio, and reply to this post that you're still interested despite all my bastardy rules will be my players. Don't worry if you didn't get in: I'll be opening up another campaign soon.
If you need to contact me faster than PMing me on Gaia (I only check this s**t on my desktop) there are a few ways to reach me that I prefer...
Email (You'll need this): Spartacus667@gmail.com
AIM: UnlikelyHero486
Yahoo!: Raex486
Skype: Ark486
Trillian Astra: Archangel486
ALL OF THESE get routed straight to my cell phone, so you can contact me anytime with questions.
Now, to weed out you lazy bastards who don't read everything:
When you post that you're still interested, Include the word "Carbine" in your reply so I know you read everything I've written.
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